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' D..S SEYMGUR. 'SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I. 191,6.

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needle bar, the presser bar carrying apresser foot, a trimming mechanism, and thread laying devices, all the operating parts of which are 'actuated from this shaft of the cverhangiiig arm. Depending from the horizontal arm is a vertical post which carries the work supporting arm proper. This work supporting arm extendsat an angle to the vertical plane containin the main shaft and terminates directly un er the free end of the overhang-ing arm. The work supporting arm carries the looper mechanism and the feeding mechanism, and these mechanisms are actuated tlirough'jsuitable connections in the dependingl poet 'with ,the`

main shaft which extends into the depending post. Referring more in detail .to the draw My invention consists in a sewing machine having a supporting base 1 carrying a standard 2. Projecting from the standard 2 iiitermediate its upper and lower ends'is a horizontal arm 3. -`This horizontal arm 3,

asclearly shown in Fig. 1, is so disposedl that the longitudinal center of the horizontal arm intersects the standard. Projecting from the upper end of the standard 2 is an overhanging arm Il, and the longitudinal j center of this overhanging arm is also lozontal arm b `centrali cated ina vertical plane intersecting the standard, so that the vertical planes containing the longitudinal centers of the overhanging arm and the horizontal arm intersect each othery at an acute angle and in a line located in the standard.

,A Mounted in suitable bearings in the hori` is the main driving shaft This driving shaft disposed substantially of the horizontal arm. Mounted in. suitale bearings in the overhanging arm is an'oscillating'shaft The main shaft 5 is provided with a crank 7. A p itman 8 co- 0 crates Withthis crank and engages a ball .e ud 9 carried by an arin 10 which is fixed to the end of the oscillating sha-ft 6. This pit- 'man 8 issubstantially vertical. The shafts `5 and G are at an angle to each other, but by the above disposition of the oterhanging,r arm and the horizontal arm'aiid the shafts fmounted thereon, l am able to drive the` naasten shaft in the overhanging ami through this vertical pitm'an connection Which isv relai' tively short and, therefore, free from encesV sive vibration.

is a supporting head 11 inI which the needle .bar 12 reciprocates. Said needle bar is rovided with two pairs of needles 13 an 14, seeFigs. 5 and 8. The needle vhar is reciprocated from an arm 15 mounted on' tlreends of the shaft 6 and connected to the nelle bar by a suitable link 16. The material is held on the Worksupport by `a presser foot 17 carried by a presser bar 18 mounted inthe supporting head 11.

The presser foot; as shown in Fig. 8, is provided with a fixed trimming blade 18. A movable trimming blade 19 cooperates therewith. Said presr foot is slottedv at At the end of the overhanging arm 4 there 20 to receive the upturned edges of fabric f sections which are to be united, and this trininiino' mechanism operates to trim said ledges, a. ter which they are* turned down into flat abutted relation to each other and' pass under the resserioot tothe stitching mechanism. T e movable' trimmin blade 19 is fixed to an arm 21 which is rigidly atytachedto a yoke 22 mounted to-oscillate freely on the presser .bar ll.' Saidyoke is.' `pressed downwardly by a bears against the upper 'en "o one end Vand against a' xeclcoll, presser bar at theother end. Mounted in suitable bearings at the rear of the supporting head is a vertical shaft 25." This verti- 'l cal shaft 22') has an -arm'Q-xed th'reto and I the arm26 carries -a'hall stud whicht is engaged lby a link 27 and the link 27 n turn engages ajball stud 28 inounted on an arm 29 iixed to'the shaft 6. Projecting laterally from the vertical shaft 25 is, an arm. 30

link 31 is connected atits other end to an ioo which is connected to a linkv 31,' -and'ithis arm 32 formed integral with the yoke 22, see I y. Fig. 7.' The spring 23 normally forces the yoke downwardly thus yieldingly pressing the movable bladei against the xed blade. As the shaft 6 oscillates, it will in turn oscil late the yoke, and this Will oscillate the mov-V able trimming blade. The trimmed oil strip is deflected away from the needles by a strip deiector' 32 wliich'is pivctally supported by the presser foot so that it ma be swung to one side to permit access to t e needles for threading; p

lfVhile the invention is especially adapted forl stitching tubular-articles in which the edges are trimmed and then abutted d conn nected to form a lat seam,/ the pairs 'of 'i needlesv are so disposed that the meeting' edges pass between each pair of needles. In order to join these edges on the upper face of the .materiah I have provided suitable lcross thread laying mechanism consisting of Y pair of needles 14 is indicated at 35.

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shown in Fig. 4 of the needles 13., While the hook trinnned and abutted.

nThe needle threads of the needles l4j A.is cylindrical l porting arm is carried at the lower end of incenso an oscillating hook for each pair of needles and thread guides for guiding a cross thread respectively to each hook.

In Fig. 8 of the drawings, the cross thread laying hook coperating With the pair of needles thread laying hook coperating with the These hooks are. fixed to an arni 36 which is r'gidly attached to the lower end of the shaft 25 so that, as the shaft 25 oscillates, these hooks will 'oscillate back and forth in frontofthe needles. The hook 34 moves between the pairs of needles and eloselyjn front of the 35 moves closely in front of the needles 14. The cross thread for the hook 34 is carried hy a thread guide 37, While the cross thread for the hook 35 is carried hy a thread guide 38. These thread guides 37 and 38 are fixed to the lower end of a lever 39 which is fulcrumed at 40 on the supporting head 11. The lever intermediate its ends carries a ball stud 41. One end of a link 4-2 enga-ges this ball stud, While the other end of thislink engages a hall stud 43 on the end of the arin projecting from the vertical shaft 25. As the vertical shaft 25 oscillates, the lever 39 will swing back andforth in a plane parallel with the line of feed, 'and this Will nieve the thread guides so as to position the threads carried thereby for-.the engagement of their respective hooks.

lin Fig. 14, I have shown two fabric Sections, indicated at@ and which have been The pairs of needles are indicated at 13 and 14,. respectively. 14

are indicated at a/-c, while the ne threads of the needles 13-13 are indicated at b 71. The thread for the thread' hook 35 is indicated at c, While the thread for the thread hook 37 is indicated at d. In this View, the thread hooks are at the forward end of their strokes, having' formed loops in the cross threads respectively and holding said loops while the needles move down to engage the saine.

Coperating with the needles 13H13 in the Work supporting arm is a looper 44, while a looper l5 colierates with the nee- These loopers are carried by a loopeicarrier 46 mounted on the end of a looper shaft 47. The loopcr` shaft 47 is located in a work supporting,r arm 4S which in shape, and this work supa depending post 49 mounted on the outer end of the horizontal arm 3. The shaft 5 extends into this depending post, as clearly drawings. On the 5 there is an eccenother end of this shaft tric 50 and an eccentric strap 5l coperates '.i'ivith the eccentric 50 and is connected to a 13 is indicated at 34, While the crossl ers out of and into the needle loops.

in Fig. 9. Also carried hy this cross shaft A 1s a second arin 5l. rlhe looper shaft 4-7 carries an arm 55, and a link connects the arms 54 and 55 so that, as the main shaft rotates, the eccentric 50 will oscillate the cross shaft 5?, and this, through the arms 54 and 55 and connecting link 56, will oscillate the looper shaft and more the loopis' a second eccentric 5'? ou the looper shaft and an eccentric strap '58 eoigierates therewith. This eccentric strap 5S is connected to an arm 59, see Fig. 10, attached to a cross sha-ft 60. The cross shaft (SO carries a seeond arno. ($1 which is connected hy a link (l2 to a Sleeve (33 on the looper shaft 4l'. 'lf he sleeve is .held from endwise movements on 'the looper shaft by fixed collars G4, but the 'looper shaft is free to loscillate in this sleeve. Said sleeve is held frein` oscillation hy a defpendingir lin, G5 .which slides between Iguides (S6 carii'ioiil l the Work supiorting arm.

The material .is fed to the needles hy a differential feeding mechanism consisting of a 'inain feed doe: (il and an' 'dog G8. The main feed dogg is carried oy a `niain feed har 6). Said main feed har is 'pivotally attached to a easing 70 which surrounds an eccentric sleeve 71 onthe looped 'shaft 47. The rea r end of the niain feed har G9 is slidingly pivoted on a cross rod 4"2 so that the feed har inay he moved back and 'forth on this cross rodv and may swing; about the cross rod a fulcrmn as the eccentric sleeve 71 hscillates with the looper shaft. Pivotally attached to the rear end of the 'niain feed dosh har 65) at a point T3 is a link 74, and this link has an adjustable conuection with. an arm fixed to the cross shaft GU so that as the cross shaft is oscillated 'the feed har .will 'oc moved endwisfe and as the looper shaft oscillated the feed har will .he raised and lowered,

The auxiliary feed dofgjUS is carried hy an auxiliar),F feed har in which is mount-ed in a longitudinal recess in. the main feed dog G9 so as to raised and'lowercd therewith. A link 77 is pivoted at 7S to the auxiliary feed har 7G, and this link serves as a means for moving' the auxiliary .feed liar hack and forth. rl`he link is pivoted at 79 to an arin 8() .carried h v a, cross shaft 8l. The cross shaft 81 also carries a slotted arni S2. A shiftahle link S3 is pivotcd at S4 to a block slidahle in the slot in vthe arin 82, and also pii'oted at 85 to a lug' on the main feed har. As theI main fred har nieves hack und forth, this liuklS will he moved hack and forth, and will osciilate the cross shaft S1, aud this will impart an endwise movement tothe auxiliary feed har. rlhe link 83 is shifted by a hand lever 8G which is connected to There i auxiliary feed lever may be operated in any suitable way. j

E@ i incenso the link 83 by a second link 87, .'.lbishaiid From the above description, 'it will be apparent that l have provided a sewing machine wherein .the :work support is `in the form of an arm 'suspended so that the edges of a fabric may be brought together 'gverthe v arm and stitched to form-a tubular. article, the completed tubular article being fed off of thel arm as it is beingstitched. This worlrsupporting arm is carried at the lower end of a post mounted at the free end of a horizontal arm containing the driving shaft, and the driving connections for tliefeeding devices and the looperv extend downwardly' into this vdepending post. In the overlianging arm there is an oscillating shaft which is operated directly from the main shaft and this oscillating shaft actuates all the operating parts carried at the" free end of the overhanging armi It will be noted that one end of the main driving' shaft is connected througha direct vertical train of meclianisin with the needle operating shaft, while Vthe other end of this main 'shaft is -connected through `a vertically arranged train of mechanism with the locper operatin shaft. A

By the above arrangement, the istance through .the train of rmechanism between the main" operating shaft and the parts operat ndrat the end of the overhanging arm is jpracticdlly the naine as the distance 'through the train of mechanism between' the vother end of the main operating shaft and the parts operated at the end of the work supporting armso that these trains of mechanism are in a measure balancedv onev against the other, -the work uniformly distributed, and the vibrations in the parts have, therefore, been reduced substantially to a minimum.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction and the arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromv the spiritJ of the invention, as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described the' invention,

what is claimed'` as new is f I 1. A sewing inach e including in combinat1o na standard,v a horizontal arm carried'by and projecting from the standard yintermediate its ends, an overhanging arm` carried by' the upper end of said standard, the longitudinal center of said horizontal arm and the longitudinal center of said overhanging arm lying in vertical planes cutting each other at an acute angle and in l t une imma within the Standard, a .man

shaft located in the horizontal arm, a work siipporting arm carried by said horizontal arm,fa feeding mechanism in said Work` supporting arm, devices for operating the feeding mechanism from said main shaft, needles reciprocating in the free end of the longitudinal center of said horizontal rm andthe longitudinal center of said erhanging arm lying in vertical planescutting cach other at an acuterangle and in 'a line located within the standard, a main shaft located in said horizontal arm, an os- 'cillatingshaft located in`7 said overhangiiig arm, devices located in lthe 'standard for oscillating said shaft in the overhanging arm from saidmain shaft, a needle barin the end of said 'overhanging arm, means for reciprocating 'sai'dneedle bar from said oscillating shaft, complemcntal stitch forining mechanism in said work supporting arm, and means `for operating said comple- 9c mental stitch forming. mechanism from said rmain shaft.

3. A sewing machine including in combination, a standard, a horizontal arm carried by and projecting from the standard intermediate its ends, an overhanging arm carried by the upper en d of said standard, the longitudinal center of saidhrizontalarm and the longitudinal center of said overlianging arm lying in vertical planes cutting eachother at an acute angle and in a line located within the standard, a main shaft located in said horizontal arrn', an oscillating shaft located in said overhanging arm, ldevices locatedv in the standard for 105v oscillating said shafty in thev overhanging. arm from said main shaft, a needle bar in the end of said overhanging arm, means for reciprocating said -needle bar from said oscillating shaft, complemental stitch forni- 'ing mechanism in said 'work' supportingV arm, and means for operating said complemental stitch forming mechanism from the main shaft, cross thread laying devices carried by the overhanging arm, and means for actuating said cross thread Ylaying devices from said shaft in thel overhanging arm.

Il. A sewing machine including in combination, a standard, a horizontal arm carried by and projecting from the standard inte`rmediate its ends, an overhanging arm car: ried by the upper end of said standard, the longitudinal center of said horizontal arm and the longitudinal center of' said 125 overhanging arm lying in vertical plaiiesf cutting veach other atA an acute angle and in aline located within the standard, a main ed in said Work supporting afm, devices cxtcnding through said 'post for oscillating the ioopers from said mechanism located in arm, for actuating said main shaft, trim ported by' main shaft, :t feeding said work supporting means operating through said post the feeding mechanism from ming mechanism supthe overhanging arm, means for vactuating"said trimmmg mechanism from the oscillating shaft arm, cross thread layl in the overhanging ng'mechanism carried.

',nism from the Aosclllating shaft in said overhanging' ann.

In testimony whereof, affix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

DUDLEY S. SEYMUR.v Witnesses: f i

' S. GEORGE TATE,

A. F. BREDSHAIL. 

